A surrogate baby, said to be first in Thane, was delivered at a local fertility centre yesterday, doctors supervising the case said.

Sandeep Mane and his wife Rajashree, the doctor couple who has returned to the city from Britain, announced the birth of the surrogate baby at a media conference here.

Names of the couple and surrogate mother were, however, not revealed by the doctors. The couple told the mediapersons that since the last 15 years their family members wanted them to go for adoption which they avoided.